Tricycle



WITNESS:

G.. A. OLSEN.

TRICYCLE'.

APPLICAT ON FILED JULY 16, 1920. I 1,392,848. Pa nted 001:. 4, 1921.

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' WITNES:

G. A. OLSEN.

TRICYCLE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 16,1920- 1,392,'848; P ented 00t- 4, 1921.

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a. IINVENTOR A'rroliNEY GEORGE A. OLSEN, 0 F JERSEY CITY,

N EW JERSEY.

TRICYCLE.

. Application filed July 16,

To allwhomitmay concern." 7 7 Be it known that I, Gnonen A OLSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tricycles, of which the following is a specification.

My'present invention has reference to a I wheeled toy.

The object is the production in a wheeled toy of the velocipede class, in which the front wheel thereof may be easily steered by the operator and in which the rear wheels thereof may be readily propelled at desired speeds by the operator.

A further object is the provision of a simple, cheap and thoroughly efficient wheeled toy in which there is suspended from the body thereof suitable brackets which provide supports for shafts, one of the shafts being longitudinal of the body, the other shafts transversely thereof, having secured thereto the drive wheels, intermeshing means being arranged between the shafts, the remaining shaft having intermeshing means with the longitudinal shaft, and the ends thereof provided with pedals, whereby the shafts may be rotated in unison to impart motion to the drive wheels, the front steering wheel having its steering rod arranged in a suitable column which is secured to the body of the toy.

The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is.

better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts, such as is disclosed by the drawings.

In the drawings Figure l is a side elevation of a toy constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 44 of Fig. 1.

The body of my improved toy may be formed from a suitable plate of wood or metal, wood preferred. The body 1, on its under face, and adjacent to its rear end has secured thereto, as at 2, spaced depending brackets 3. These brackets are provided with longitudinal openings for the reception of the main or drive shaft 4. The shaft 4 is held against longitudinal movement in Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4', 1921. 1920. Serial No. 336,862.

its bearing in any desired or preferred man ner, and on the spindles of the shaft are arranged the drive wheels 5. The hub of each of the drive wheels is preferably provided with a sleeve-like extension having a threaded opening therethrough in which is socured a pin 6 that contacts with the spindle of the axle and holds the wheel thereon.

The body 1 is further provided with centrally arranged spaced depending brackets T that have their lower portions provided with bearing openings for a central longitudinal shaft 8. The shaft 8 has both of its ends received in sockets in the hub portions 9 and 10 of beveled toothed wheels 11 and 12 respectively. The wheel 11 is disposed adjacent to the shaft 4, and the hubs of the said wheels have threaded openings therethrough through which pass binding elements, such as bolts 13 that contact with and secure the said wheels on the shaft 8.

The beveled wheel 11 is disposed adjacent to the shaft 4, and on the shaft 4 is a similar beveled wheel 14 that meshes with the said wheel 11. The gear 14 has a hub 15 that is provided with a threaded opening through which passes a threaded binding element 16 that contacts with the shaft 4 and holds the gear secured thereto.

Adjacent to the front and secured to the under face of the body is a substantially U- shaped bracket 17. The parallel members or legs 18 of the bracket have alining openings through which passes a shaft 20. The shaft 20 is held against longitudinal movement by collars 21 having binding elements 22 that engage with the shaft and hold the collars in contact with one of the legs. On the shaft 20, between the legs of the bracket is a beveled toothed gear 23 thathas its hub provided with a threaded opening through which passes a threaded element 24 that contacts with the shaft 20 and holds the gear 23 in mesh with the gear 12. On the outer end of the shaft 20 there is secured, preferably by binding means 25 cranks 26 that have on their outer angle ends pedals 27. The steering wheel is indicated by the numeral 28, and has its shaft mounted in the forked end of the steering post 29. The post passes through the body and has its outer end provided with an operating wheel 29'. The post is journaled through a suitable bearing 30 and the construction is such as to hold the post against vertical move ment. a mania and advantages of the improvement to those skilled in the art to which such inventions relate.

Having thus described the invention, what 1 I claim, is V A wheeled toy of the character described comprising a platform, a pair of spaced brackets depending from the underside of the platform at its rear end, a transverse shaft journaled through said brackets and carrying ground engaging wheels, a bevel gear on said shaft, a pair of spaced parallel brackets depending from the underside of the platform transversely thereof at the intermediate portion, a shaft journaled through said second named brackets and extending longitudinally of the platform below the center thereof, a bevel gear on the rear end of said second named shaft meshing with said first named bevel gear, a bevel gear on the forward end of said second named shaft, a pair of transversely alined brackets depending from the undersideof said platform near the forward end thereof, a crank shaft jo-urnaled through said last named transversely alined brackets and provided at its ends with pedals, a bevel gear on said last named shaft meshing with said third named bevel gear, a post. journaled through the forward end of the platform and having its upper end provided with a steering wheel and, having .its lower end forked and carrying a dirigible ground engaging wheel. a

In testimony whereof I aflix lily-signature.

- GEORGE A OLSEN. 

